Dreamy McMug ShotSends Hearts a-Twitter

6/19/2014 2:25 PM PDT

He may be the hottest criminal since Armie Hammer ... people are going nuts for accused weapons offender Jeremy Meeks.

Those eyes are hijacking Twitter. The 30-year-old Stockton, CA convicted felon is being held on $900,000 bail for illegally possessing firearms and ammo, carrying a loaded firearm in public and criminal street gang activity. The specific charge is street terrorism.

The Stockton Police Dept.'s Facebook page is blowing up ... with more than 15,000 likes and 3,700 comments.

Another guy -- Terry Bailey -- was arrested during the same police sweep, but his mug shot generated only 14 likes and 4 comments.